Association of white matter hyperintensities with lipoprotein (a) levels: insights from a cohort study
We show in this cohort of patients that a higher burden of WMH was observed in patients with higher level of Lp(a). Further studies are needed to confirm this observation and assess whether lowering Lp(a) level may be a potential therapeutic target for mitigating the development of WMH.
Authors
- Adel Alhazzani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9884-2243)
- Abdulrahman Alreshaid
- Ashfaq M Shuaib (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3380-7068)
- Fahad Al-Ajlan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0501-479X)
- Mohammed S. Alqahtani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5027-6545)
- Sawsan S. Bakry
- Ammar Alkawi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3606-2962)
- Hussain Binamir
- Fawaz F. Alotaibi
- Gamal Mohamed (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3675-6806)
- Mohamed AlZawahmaha
Institutions
- Alfaisal University (SA)
- University of Alberta (CA)
- King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre (SA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Neurology
- Published
- 2024-12-06
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2024.1476005
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.84